2021 Vol 38 (3)

Published: 2021-09-29

Editorial

Strategic health products: a necessity to adequate and timely address pandemics and epidemics

Cesar Cabezas

377-80
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Original Article

Prevalence and factors associated with the intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Peru

Percy Herrera-Añazco, Ángela Uyen-Cateriano, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Alfonso J. RodrÍguez-Morales, Adrian V. Hernández, Vicente A. Benites-Zapata

381-90
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Methodology for evaluating the level of respiratory protection of masks and respirators against particles similar to those that transmit SARS-CoV-2

Manuel Chavez-Ruiz, Lenin Rueda-Torres, Betsabé Ruffner-Camargo, Cristofer Bellido-Achahui

391-8
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Incidence rate of stroke in Peru

Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco

399-405
Diagnostic performance of the culture and susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori in peruvian patients: results from a sentinel laboratory

Maricruz Olano, Manuel Chu, Jesus Guzmán, Denis Castillo, Michel Sauvain

406-11
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Perception about psychosocial integration clubs for people with schizophrenia in Lima, Peru

Esmeralda V. Cortez-Vásquez, Livia Y. Ramos-Calsín, Vanessa E. Herrera-López

412-23
Toxicity assessment of synthetic chalcones with antileishmanial potential in BALB/c MICE

Karina Cancino, Inés Castro, Carlos Yauri, Valérie Jullian, Jorge Arévalo, Michel Sauvain, Vanessa Adaui, Denis Castillo

424-33
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Photoprotective activity of a cream containing lyophilized aqueous extract of Lepidium meyenii (MACA) against ultraviolet irradiation on mouse skin

Malena Castañeda-Alarcón, Carlos Bell-Cortez, Julio Hidalgo-Ascensios, Luis Moreno-Exebio

434-41
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Review

SARS-CoV-2 variants: epidemiology, pathophysiology and the importance of vaccines

Marcelo Bedoya-Sommerkamp, Jesús Medina-Ranilla, Víctor Chau-Rodríguez, Renato Li-Soldevilla, Álvaro Vera-Albújar, Patricia J. García

442-51
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Special Section

Female representation in surgical and related specialties in Peru

Marcela Quispe-Arminta, Sebastián B. Shu-Yip

452-7
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Case Report

Fulminant amebic colitis with fatal outcome in a patient with probable SARS-CoV-2 infection

José Somocurcio, Tula Ayquipa, Vanessa Pineda

458-62
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Brain abscess due to Nocardia sp. in an immunocompetent patient in Peru: a case report

Pamela Huamaní-Charagua, Jesús Portocarrero-Nieto, Gian Marco Arango-Rojas, Alan Latorre, Stalin Vilcarromero

463-6
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Letters to the Editor

Evaluation of the filtration efficiency of respiratory protective equipment against SARS-CoV-2

Manuel Chávez-Ruiz, Lenin Rueda-Torres, Cristofer Bellido-Achahui, Frescia Madueño-Ventura, Betsabé Ruffner-Camargo

467-8
Hypromellose derivatives for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review

Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Diego Azañedo, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández, Daniel Comandé

469-71
Pediatric rhino-orbital mucormycosis. First peruvian case in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

Edinson Dante Meregildo-Rodriguez, Walter Giovanny Espino-Saavedra

472-3
First report of KPC-type carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a peruvian hospital

Gina Salvador-Luján, Juan Ramírez-Illescas, Miluska Delgado-Flores, Alicia Núñez-Llanos, Maritza Mayta-Barrios

474-5
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Discrepancies about external cephalic version in clinical practice guidelines for the management of breech delivery

Daniel Fernandez-Guzman, Ramón Ruesta-Berdejo, Jose Galvez-Olortegui, Juan Carlos Torrejon-Becerra

476-8
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